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What Happened: The New York City Council has set aside $1.5 million in its 2026 budget for a new initiative titled "Cash with Care." The program is aimed at assisting residents grappling with housing insecurity. As per the council report, the main goal of this guaranteed income program is to support young individuals transitioning from homelessness by offering a consistent, flexible income and comprehensive services.

A recent study of New York City pedestrian fatalities has helped shed light on which of the city's numerous intersections is the most dangerous. The study, which was completed by three groups, Transportation Alternatives, Families for Safe Streets, and Open Plans, highlighted 116 intersections that had at least five fatalities since 2022. You can see the data in its entirety on the T ransportation Alternatives website.

Every year, our list of the most popular baby names serves as a reminder of who we are as a city and who the next generation of New Yorkers will be, Michelle Morse, MD, acting health commissioner, said. We love to see so many little New Yorkers bringing hope and joy into the city. As we enter the new year, we recommit ourselves to creating a New York City where our children can live long, healthy lives.

Two people of interest are being questioned in connection with a deadly stabbing in the Bronx late on Saturday night. Police said Shashamanie Thompson, 30, was killed inside the apartment building where she lived at 1182 Ogden Ave. in Highbridge just after 10 p.m. on Dec. 27. Officers from the 44th Precinct raced to the location after receiving a 911 call regarding an assault in progress.

We lived in an older house, so we had to do a lot of updating to get it ready for the market, sell it, and get it under contract. We moved from a six-bedroom home to a three-bedroom apartment, so we really had to downsize - everything from furniture and lawn tools to our two cars had to go. I decreased all of our clothing to a quarter of what we had.

The Knicks entered the 2024-25 season with lofty aspirations after blockbuster trades to acquire Karl-Anthony Towns and Mikal Bridges. But nobody could have envisioned how their second-round playoff series against the defending champion Boston Celtics would play out. The Knicks overcame 20-point second-half deficits to win Games 1 and 2 in Boston, then erased a 14-point second-half deficit to win Game 4 at home. After the Knicks wrapped up the series with a 119-81 win in Game 6, thousands of reveling fans took over 7th Ave. and other streets surrounding Madison Square Garden for a raucous celebration. It marked the Knicks' first trip to the Eastern Conference Finals since 2000.

The whole world looks to New York City to usher in the new year each year at Times Square. But if you ask any native New Yorker, Times Square is not where we'll be on New Year's Eve, at least not out in the freezing cold. Between the never-ending crowds and being packed into metal pens for hours at a time, it's probably not the first place you'll want to take the kids.

Keeping New Yorkers safe has been my top priority since taking office, and that includes protecting our kids from the potential harms of social media features that encourage excessive use, Hochul said in a statement. The governor compared the social media labels to warnings on other products like tobacco, which communicate the risk of cancer, or plastic packaging, which warn of the risk of suffocation for small children.

Streetsblog provides high-quality journalism and analysis for free - which is something to be celebrated in an era of paywalls. Once a year, we ask for your tax-deductible donations to support our reporters and editors as they advance the movement to end car dependency in our communities. If you already support our work, thank you! If not, can we ask for your help? This year's fundraiser includes a special gift for our biggest supporters. Don't miss out.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg started off 2025 with rocky news. His successful hush money case against Donald Trump was reduced to an unconditional discharge. The case made him into the highest profile district attorneys in the country and a boogeyman for conservative pundits. It also teed Bragg up in overwhelmingly Democratic Manhattan for a strong shot at reelection after a first term marred by controversy and numerous calls for the governor to take the extraordinary step of removing from office.

Streetsblog provides high-quality journalism and analysis for free - which is something to be celebrated in an era of paywalls. Once a year, we ask for your tax-deductible donations to support our reporters and editors as they advance the movement to end car dependency in our communities. If you already support our work, thank you! If not, can we ask for your help? This year's fundraiser includes a special gift for our biggest supporters. Don't miss out.

"We only have one car," the victim's tearful wife, a public school teacher, said. "He didn't want a second car. He loved that scooter. He went to work on it. The only thing he didn't use it for was to transport the kids." "He had it for a while," she added. "He loved it. I was like, 'We need a second car. We have two kids now.' And he's like, 'We don't need it.'"

New York State on Tuesday, December 9 approved a roadmap to meet state energy needs for the next 15 years - but the plan may make it harder for New York City to achieve its own green goals, according to city officials.

The caught-on-video arson attack was one of the city's most shocking and disturbing subway slaughters - made all the more horrific by the number of straphangers who failed to come to Kawam's aid. Surveillance and mobile phone footage show the killer watching Kawam burn, then sitting casually on a subway bench as first responders arrived at the scene.

Over a dozen teenagers gathered in the fenced-off courtyard of Harlem's Peace Cafe on a Thursday evening after school. As the young men warmed up with jumping jacks and sit-ups, Josh Marte, their youth mentor, hung up the punching bag and laid out Everlast boxing gloves over a banner that read, "I AM PEACE." The lesson wasn't only about self-defense: Marte talked to the group about regulating emotions, building a brotherhood, and de-escalating violence in their neighborhood.

The segment, which has been reviewed by The Verge, is a little shy of 14 minutes long. It features video of men, chained and bent double, being "paraded in front of cameras, pushed onto buses, and delivered to CECOT," according to the segment's narration. One former detainee, who CBS met in Colombia, said he was told he was "the living dead" at CECOT.

The double-decker Christmas Carousel at Greeley Square is officially in its last stretch, with fewer than two weeks left to ride before it packs up for the season. Located at 33rd Street and Broadway, just steps from Herald Square and Macy's holiday chaos, the festive ride is one of those unique winter attractions that feels delightfully out of scale with everyday city life.

By packing the Rent Guidelines Board with members of his choosing, Mayor Eric Adams has made his move to derail Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's campaign promise to freeze rents for the city's 1 million rent stabilized households. With few exceptions, the Board's five public members generally control the outcome of the annual guideline setting process. One public member, Alex Armlovich, will serve out a term lasting through 2026.

On May 28, 2024, Lenore Elfand, the owner of Empire Cannabis Club, an unlicensed dispensary in New York's Chelsea neighborhood, received a frantic call from an employee. NYPD officers and deputies from the city's Sheriff's Office were lined up at the door, poised to raid the shop. Elfand said in an affidavit that when her security guard insisted on filming, officers placed him in handcuffs, killed the security cameras, and stormed in.

A Bronx murder suspect died of an apparent allergic reaction suffered while incarcerated on Rikers Island Sunday afternoon making him the 15th inmate of the troubled detention center to perish this year. Kyron Randall, 33, became ill at about 12:10 p.m. on Dec. 21 while in custody at the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island. According to the Correction Department, Randall allegedly suffered what is believed to be an allergic reaction.

An astonishing number of national chains, 18, shuttered all of their shops in the five boroughs. The total number of chain stores across the five boroughs fell for the sixth time in the past eight years-declining 1.3 percent citywide, or a net loss of 112 stores since last year, according to the Center for an Urban Future's annual State of the Chains 2025 report on December 17.

The MTA is modifying service on the city's subways, buses, and commuter rails for Christmas and New Year's. The subways and buses will both follow a Sunday schedule on Christmas Day and New Year's Day, this Thursday and next, according to the transit agency. On the day of Christmas Eve, Wednesday, the subways will run regular weekday service. Bus routes across Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Queens will operate on reduced weekday schedules on both the days of Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.